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• Help to Buy Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes a Commonwealth shared equity program (Help to Buy Scheme) to be administered by Housing Australia that will assist low to middle income earners to purchase new or existing homes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Modern Slavery Act 2018

  to establish the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner as an independent statutory office holder within the Attorney-General’s portfolio to provide an independent mechanism for victims and survivors, business and civil society to engage on issues and strategies to address modern slavery. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister and Cabinet 

  Summary

  Amends the

  COAG Reform Fund Act 2008

  and 23 other Acts to update references to COAG and Ministerial Councils to reflect the cessation of the Council of Australian Governments and changes to intergovernmental architecture. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Preventing Child Labour) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to prohibit a person from importing goods involving child labour into Australia in certain circumstances where the importer has not complied with a notice in relation to the goods. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Consideration of UNDRIP) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  THORPE, Sen Lidia 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011

  to amend the definition of ‘human rights’ to include the rights and freedoms outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Enshrines the objective of superannuation in legislation and requires a statement of compatibility to be included in the explanatory materials accompanying bills and regulations relating to superannuation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Tax Agent Services Act 2009

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  : to expand the operation of the promoter penalty provisions; and enable the sharing of certain protected information;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to extend whistleblower protections to eligible whistleblowers who make disclosures to the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB); and reverse the burden of proof for certain claims of protection;

  Tax Agent Services Act 2009

  in relation to the TPB Register and the TPB’s delegation powers; and

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

  to limit the proportion of petroleum resource rent tax assessable income that can be offset by deductions to 90 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Attorney-General’s Portfolio Miscellaneous Measures Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Judiciary Act 1903

  ,

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to confer jurisdiction on the Federal Court of Australia to hear and determine a range of summary and indictable offences relating to conduct within the remit of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission;

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to enable the Sheriff of the Federal Court to require a state or territory jury official to prepare and provide a jury panel;

  Marriage Act 1961

  to make technical amendments in relation to the Commonwealth Marriage Celebrants Program and the notice of intended marriage; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Native Title Act 1993

  ,

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  and

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Childhood Gender Transition Prohibition Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ANTIC, Sen Alex
  BABET, Sen Ralph
  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm
  CANAVAN, Sen Matthew 

  Summary

  The bill: prohibits health practitioners from performing gender clinical interventions intended to transition a minor’s biological sex, subject to limited exemptions; and prohibits the Commonwealth from entering into arrangements involving the expenditure or payment of money that provides or facilitates the provision of such a procedure or treatment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crown References Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister and Cabinet 

  Summary

  Amends 29 Acts to update certain references associated with the Crown to reflect the accession of a new Sovereign. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum